HEATHS anancient SURREY HEATH BROADMOORTOBAGSHOT WOODS AND HEA WOODSANDHEA THS CASTLE BOTTOM TO Y CASTLEBOTTOMTOY TELEY AND HA ANDHA WLEY COMMONS WLEYCOMMONS SANDHURST TO OWLS MOOR SANDHURSTTOOWLSMOOR ID: 289013
Download Pdf The PPT/PDF document "www.rspb.org.uk/thamesbasinheathsFormore..." is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
HEATHS anancient www.rspb.org.uk/thamesbasinheathsFormoreinformation:telephone01273763622rspb-images.comDavidLevensonrspb-images.comChrisGomersallDartfordWarbler SURREY HEATH BROADMOORTOBAGSHOT WOODS AND HEA WOODSANDHEA THS CASTLE BOTTOM TO Y CASTLEBOTTOMTOY TELEY AND HA ANDHA WLEY COMMONS WLEYCOMMONS SANDHURST TO OWLS MOOR SANDHURSTTOOWLSMOOR BOGS & HEA BOGS&HEA THS BRAMSHELL HAZELEY HEA HAZELEYHEA TH COLONY BOG & COLONYBOG& BAGSHOT HEA BAGSHOTHEA TH ASH TO BROOKWOOD HEA ASHTOBROOKWOODHEA THS EELMOOR MARSH EELMOORMARSH BOURLEY & LONG V BOURLEY&LONGV ALLEY WHITMOOR COMMON OCKHAM & OCKHAM& WISLEY COMMONS HORSELL COMMON CHOBHAM COMMON CHOBHAMCOMMON HARTWokingYateley Farnborough Lowlandheathlandisagloballyrarehabitatthatprovidesahomeforauniquerangeofspeciallyadaptedwildlife.Iftheheathlandsarelost,soisthewildlife.HeathlandoncecoveredvastareasofsouthernEngland.Sincethe1800s,forestry,agriculturalintensification,urbandevelopmenthavecontributedtothelossof75%ofthispreciousresource.Thedeclineintraditionallanduses,suchasgrazing,hasalsoallowedmanyheathstobecomeovergrown. TheThamesBasinHeathsarelegallyprotectedbecauseofinternationallyimportantpopulationsofthreeoftheUKsrarestbreedingbirds:Dartfordwarbler,nightjarandwoodlark.Theyarealsohometoarangeofotherspecialistheathlandwildlife,includingsmoothsnakes,sandlizardsandsilver-studdedbluebutterflies.TheThamesBasinHeathsareafantasticplaceforlocalpeopleandvisitorstoappreciateandenjoythebeautyofheathlandsandtheirremarkablewildlife.ThamesBasinHeathsThenetworkofheathlandsitesacrossHampshire,SurreyandBerkshireareknownastheThamesBasinHeaths.Together,theyareoneofthemostimportantwildlifesitesinEurope,andavitalremnantofanhistoriclandscape.Heathlandsarefragileplacesandcanbedamagedeasily.Walkers,horse-ridersanddog-walkerscanallunwittinglydamagetheareastheyenjoyvisitingsomuchthroughAsthenumberofpeoplelivingneartotheThamesBasinHeathsincreases,sodothethreatstotheheathlandsandthewildlifethatdependsThecurrenthousingproposalsfortheareasurroundingtheThamesBasinHeathsareunsustainable.Asolutionthattakesaccountofhousingneedsandensuresthesurvivaloftheheathsisneedednow.Thissolutionmust:Provideadditionalpublicopenspacesforrecreationtoreducethevisitorpressureontheheaths.LimitthedamagebycurrentandfutureusersoftheThamesBasinHeaths.Thiswillinvolvemeasuresthatencouragepeopletousetheheathsmoresensitivelyincludinginformationboards,waymarkingandminoralterationstosomecarparks.EnsurethatexistinglandownersmaintaintheThamesBasinHeathsinthebestpossiblecondition.Tosecurethefutureoftheheathlands,forwildlifetheseactionsmustbecoordinatedacrossallthelocalauthoritiesintheThamesBasinHeathsarea.TheRSPBisworkinghardtoachieveaconsensusbetweenlocalauthorities,developers,localpeopleandconservationbodies.ThamesBasinHeathsunderthreatThewayforwardonthemfortheirsurvival.Uncontrolledfires,flytippingandtheinvasionofgardenplantsalldamagetheheaths,slowlydestroyingtheirspecialnatureasthelocalpopulationAsthebirdsthatdependontheheathlandallnestonorneartotheground,theyareatparticularriskfromcatsanddogsastheyoftendisturbnestingbirdsoreveneattheeggsorchicks.Withmorevisitorsandmorelocalresidents,therewillbemorecatsanddogsandtherisktoheathlandwildlifewillbethatmuchgreater.Planstobuildatleast40,000newhomesaroundtheThamesBasinHeathsmeanthatthesepressureswillonlygetworse.WeurgeyoutosupporttheRSPBinoureffortstoprotecttheThamesBasinHeaths.Withouturgentactiontosafeguardtheheaths,theiruniquewildlifewilldisappearforever.ForfurtherinformationabouttheThamesBasinHeathsandhowtoprotectthempleasecontactJoannaCrouch01273763622ore-mailjoanna.crouch@rspb.org.ukwww.rspb.org.uk/thamesbasinheathsRegdcharityno202076 rspb-images.comChrisGomersallrspb-images.comAndyHayrspb-images.comColinCarverrspb-images.comGeorgeMcCarthyWoodlarkSandLizardSilver-studdedBlueButterfly